dharmagrl

Reply to You'll be Seeing Less of Me! in Misc JoeUser Forums

[quote]Oh yes, one day they'll be old enough to leave, and leave they will.[/quote] If they've got any sense, they'll run screaming and will NEVER look back. I've never said this to anyone before, but I'm going to say it to you: I hope that CPS removes your children from your care. I do believe it's the only way they are going to stand at chance at being whole, undamaged human beings. The older ones have probably already suffered psychological trauma at your hands and who kno

Reply to You'll be Seeing Less of Me! in Misc JoeUser Forums

[quote]pig. [/quote] I'll drink to that.

Reply to Goodbye for now... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Happy burfday, and I hope that your move goes well. It's going to be kinda cool to be back in the US, isn't it?

Reply to I Hate Change! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

You disgust me. How dare you call yourself a 'parent'? No parent I know would raise their children in such abject poverty and utter filth - and don't give me the 'it got that way when we were movng out' crap because bathtubs don't get THAT filthy without having not been cleaned for YEARS. That's YEARS worth of filth, and you let your children live in it. You're not an activist. You're not making a stand against CPS because of the 'constitution'; you won't let t

Reply to i am not illiterate nor stupid nor an idiot in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]your on your [/quote] It's 'you're' - a contraction of 'you are'. 'Your' means belonging to or of you. What was that you were saying about not being stupid or illiterate? I offered to help you with your spelling and grammar too. What did I get? A literal 'fuck you'. You're (see how that works? I could have said 'you are' but I didn't, I abbreviated it to 'you're) an eejit. A dolt-faced-lah-brained-slack-jawed-booger-eatin'-feckin'-eejit, and you're

Reply to American Medics: Hypocrites & Incompetent Parasites in Misc JoeUser Forums

American emergency physicians are arrogant eejits who have egos the size of Texas and who cannot stand to be wrong. They don't believe that you, the patient, know your body better than they do because after all they've been to medical school - and you are a mere simpleton who has only occupied the meat overcoat you call a body for the last 30 or 40 or however many years. They're fucking idiots, and I detest them. I'd rather see a Masai witch doctor than an American

Reply to we are talking about telling people in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Gah, you really are uninformed.

Reply to i am not illiterate nor stupid nor an idiot in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote]and because you're stupid and illiterate. Did I mention full of self-pity, excuses, and blame? [/quote] I found that out over Veterans day. I'm not at all surprised you got BL'd.

Reply to On Being Fat in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Marice, you are a beautifully flawed human being. Never forget that. Who you are is who you are meant to be, and that's gorgeous. You are a goddess, Marcie. You just have to see yourself as such. I love you. Baaa.

Always in Misc JoeUser Forums

I’ve been married for 14 years this month. To be blunt, that’s a long time. We’ve seen a lot of changes and have weathered a lot of storms. I am here to tell you that marriage is NOT easy. People seem to think that after you walk down the aisle it’s all plain sailing, and that’s just not the way it is. Marriage is not the culmination of the relationship, it’s the very beginning of it. People change. Literally.

Reply to TheraSphere Treatment in Medical Technology JoeUser Forums

I don't know if she's in denial or if she is just going the "I'll do what the doctor says and everything with be fine" route. Lots of people think that way, especially younger people with small children (as opposed to older people who's children have families of their own). They just cannot comprehend their own mortality - they're too y

Reply to TheraSphere Treatment in Medical Technology JoeUser Forums

Honey, I'm so sorry. I've heard varied reports about this treatment. We've had patients who have had a complete recovery after having it, some who bought some valuable time by having it done, and then some who's disease was so aggressive that pallative care was the only option. Unfortunately as Daiwa said, the younger the person the more aggressive the disease tends to be. And, if it's already metastasized from it's original location.....well, then the odds

Reply to Benazir Bhutto assassinated! in International JoeUser Forums

[quote]EVERY foreigner I've ever encountered has a very strong impression of President Bush (the vast majority strongly against), while many of those same foreigners can't seem to name key memberss of THEIR OWN NATION'S GOVERNMENT (present company, obviously, excluded). When people march in the streets, they don't post the names of Aussie pols or New Zealanders, it's usually the US President or a prominent member of the cabinet that is singled out.[/quote] Whilst I can't tell you that y

Reply to Benazir Bhutto assassinated! in International JoeUser Forums

[quote]the bomb missed her. they had to put 5 bullets in her. [/quote] No, it didn't miss her. She wasn't shot, she was killed by massive head injuries from the shrapnel that entered her skull. KFC, Maso is correct in his assertion that she wasn't 'fairly' popular, she was MASSIVELY so. Her death jeopardizes the future of democracy in Pakistan. Jeez, doesn't anyone listen to/watch the news anymore? Most people are ignorant as to her impact and influence on her count

Reply to Gotta gotta gotta gotta Garmin! in Misc JoeUser Forums

I got my wife a Garmin as well, although for her birthday I'm SO impressed with it. I got myself a carrying case for it and have been on the 'net, downloading all kinds of extras onto it. It's the best gift I ever got, I think! <TD

Reply to Benazir Bhutto assassinated! in International JoeUser Forums

I was sad to read about this this morning. I had high hopes for her ability to pull her country out of the downward spiral it's in. Now that she's gone, I'm not holding out much hope at all for that to happen. Pakistan is a power keg, and it's not going to take a whole lot for it to blow up (much like Ms Bhuto did yesterday).

Reply to I'm gifted! W00t! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Honestly, I think that's it. JU's kinda like a Mensa MySpace...lol! It IS. I can't think of any of the regulars here who aren't of above average intelligence - most of them are waaay above average! OK, so m

Reply to I'm gifted! W00t! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

You bask away. I've always thought you were a particularly gifted, and compassionate person, Dharma Thank you, but I just don't see it. Now, if we're talking about the stuff I do for hospice, then I might be more inclined to agree with you. I don't usually brag about stuff, but I'm good at helping people die and I know that it's no

Reply to I'm gifted! W00t! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Anyway, I think your answers are as valid as any so...consider yourself gifted!!! Haha! Thank you! I think I'm going to print this out, frame it and start a 'I Love Me' wall. Nah, I'm not that vain. And, I seriously doubt that I'm gifted. I ju

I'm gifted! W00t! in Blogging JoeUser Forums

[YES ] Are you a good problem solver? Yes. I don't like to leave problems undone and will persevere until I find a solution for it; often using multiple resources and lots of time to do so. [yes ] Can you concentrate for long periods of time? Yeah! Apparently, once I get stuck into something, I block out everything else and can stay that way for a long, long time. One day I was home alone and got stuck into studying for finals and before I knew where I was

Reply to Gotta gotta gotta gotta Garmin! in Misc JoeUser Forums

we did get a nice Christmas for the kids, we didn't get much for each other. That's always been us in the past, but this year Dave decided that he needed to buy me things that I've really wanted for ages.I think it's his way of trying to make up for things that he didn't do on Christmases gone by..... <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" a

Gotta gotta gotta gotta Garmin! in Misc JoeUser Forums

Apparently I've been a VERY good girl this year, because Santa left me lots of nice things under the tree, My husband collaborated with the Man in Red and they got me a Garmin. It's going to be a huge benefit when I'm doing stuff for hospice; I won't have to rely on Mapquest or google maps to get me around. The one I got is a portable one too, so I'll be able to carry it in my pocket should I want to wander around town. My babies got me some perfume and body lotion

Happy Christmas, everyone! in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Tomorrow will be the fourth Christmas I've spent in the company of you good people at JU and around the world, and it's shaping up to be the best one yet, I think. Last year, everyone got the same thing: PSP's. We all loved them, we all still have them and we all use them. This year, though, we decided that rather than dictate to the kids what they were getting (we didn't strong-arm them into getting PSP's; they loved them anyway)we'd ask them to create lists of

Reply to Boredom in Writing JoeUser Forums

I don't know why I haven't read much of your stuff before, but having read this and another article, I have to say that I'm hooked. You write very, very well, and I like you. I'm going to go read more of your stuff now. Oh, and by the way, being 40-ish isn't bad at all. I'm 18 months shy of the big four-oh and I have to say that the closer it gets, the more comfortable I become with it. I'm not in bad shape for 40-ish, physically AND mentally. 40 is hot

4.0 in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I got my college transcript in the mail yesterday. My GPA last semester was a 4.0 . Yeah, I'm bragging. Yeah, I'm stroking my own ego a little bit. But you know what? I worked hard to get that score. I went to school even when I was sick and did some things during clinicals that would have had most people running away screaming in order to get that score. I'm proud of it. I'm so proud of it that I briefly considered framing it and hanging it on